dismissed

Example Sentences

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Rita Yip, also representing the employers' groups, dismissed the union arguments as "inflammatory and alarmist".

From Barron's • May 21, 2026

"Normally in an employment tribunal, the worker has been dismissed, they have no income, they have nothing to live on, and a delay of five years is effectively economic servitude for that person."

From BBC • May 20, 2026

The judge, after questioning Juror No. 9, said she produced the note using AI and dismissed her, saying the note wasn’t credible.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026

Emery's previous four were already a competition record and while he dismissed the suggestion he was a European king, he is a serial winner.

From BBC • May 20, 2026

Both times the courts had dismissed the case.

From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield